Region-Specific, Life-Threatening Diseases among International Travelers from Israel, 2004–2015
Authors:
- Chen AvniCAChen Avni
- Shmuel StienlaufSSShmuel Stienlauf
- Eyal MeltzerEMEyal Meltzer
- Yechezkel SidiYSYechezkel Sidi
- Eli SchwartzESEli Schwartz
- Eyal LeshemELEyal Leshem
Open Access
- 1 April 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 24 (4) , 790-793
Abstract
We characterized posttravel hospitalizations of citizens returning to Israel by summarizing the returning traveler hospitalization dataset of the national referral Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases at Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Of 722 hospitalizations, 181 (25%) infections were life-threatening; most would have been preventable by chemoprophylaxis and pretravel vaccination.Keywords
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